Job 17:16
Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
In Context
15Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire?
Cross References
Job 3:17There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.
Job 20:11His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust.
Psalms 88:4\88:3\For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.
Isaiah 38:17See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory.
Jonah 2:6\2:5\The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.
Matthew Henry on Job 17:11-16
Job Reproves His Three Friends; Vanity of Worldly Expectations. ( b. c. 1520.) 10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. 12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. 13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. 14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 15 And where is now… Read the whole commentary →